Country Music Stars Score On Forbes Celebrity 100
May 19th, 2011
Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw and Toby Keith all scored slots on Forbes’ annual Celebrity 100 power list. The ranking of musicians, actors, television personalities, athletes and other fabulons takes into account press coverage, social media, and earnings during the previous 12 months.
more via Country Stars On “Forbes’” Celebrity 100 : MusicRow.
Curb Records Files Breach-of-Contract Suit Against Tim McGraw
May 17th, 2011
By Ray Waddell, Nashville
Curb Records on Friday filed a breach-of-contract suit in Davidson County Chancery Court against Tim McGraw in relation to McGraws recording agreement with the label.
via Curb Records Files Breach-of-Contract Suit Against Tim McGraw | Billboard.biz.
Hit Songwriter Hummon Inks With Warner/Chappell : MusicRow
November 30th, 2010
Warner/Chappell Music has signed a worldwide co-publishing agreement with hit songwriter Marcus Hummon. He is behind hits and cuts for Rascal Flatts, Garth Brooks, Dixie Chicks, Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw, Wynonna Judd, Sara Evans, Alabama, Lee Ann Womack and more. His co-write “Bless the Broken Road” Rascal Flatts won the 2006 Grammy for Best Country Song.
Taylor Swift and Co-writer Sent Lyrics to ParamountSong/Nashville for Music Co-writing.
October 19th, 2010
Everybody could use a little help somewhere along the upward path in songwriting, and megastar Taylor Swift was no exception. We didn’t realize it at the time, but have recently found through researching other matters in our data that an unknown co-writer working with the future super star sent some lyrics he co-wrote with her to ParamountSong back in 2004. They were looking for music to put with their lyrics.
Taylor’s name was on the lyrics, but she too was an unknown at the time, so none of us noticed anything out of the ordinary. We chose a singer-songwriter to write music for the lyrics, produced a guitar vocal demo and sent it to the pair of young writers at the co-writer’s address in Pennsylvania. Read the rest of this entry »
ASCAP Awards Held in Nashville Last Night
September 15th, 2010
ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) hosted its 48th annual Country Music Awards on Tuesday evening (09/15/10) at the War Memorial Auditorium in downtown Nashville.
The writers of country music’s most performed songs of the period between April 2009 and March 2010 were honored before an audience of many of Nashville’s most distinguished songwriters, top country stars and music industry leaders. Special tribute was paid to Alan Jackson, who was honored with the ASCAP Founders Award.
Top honors were awarded to the following: Read the rest of this entry »